Releasing device for the matrices in composing-machines with two or more magazines placed one above the other.



No. 865,846. PATENTED SEPT. l0, 1907.

O. A. ALBREOHT. RELEASING DEVICE FOR THE MATRIOES IN COMPOSING MACHINES WITH TWO OR MORE MAGAZINES PLACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEB. 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

CHRISTIAN A. ALBRECI-IT, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

RELEASING DEVICE FOR THE MATRICES IN COMPOSING-MAGHINES WITH TWO OR`MORE MAGAZINES PLACED ONE ABOVE THE CTI-LER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed June 8, 1906. Serial No. 320,738.

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. ALBRECHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of 17-18 Chausseestrasse, Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful improvements in and relating to releasing devices for the matrices in composing-machines with two or more magazines one placed above the other, of which the following is a specification.

` The object of my present invention relates to releasing devices for the matrices in composing machines with two or more magazines one placed above the other, and its object is to convey the matrices to the assembler after they havebeen taken out of one of the magazmes.

I know that there exist releasing mechanisms in which the switching of the common guide chute is effected by means which vertically move said guide chute. But this vertical movement of the guide chute shows the disadvantage that specially 'constructed magazines are necessaryfor the conveying of the matrices with` this' guide chute from the magazinesto the assembler. The surfaces of the exits of such specially built magazines known to me are obtuse-angled to the horizontal surfaces of the magazines.

In order to convey the matrices from the magazines y to the assembler by means ofthe common guide chute,

by common magazines also, the lower edges of the exits y of which are in a right angle to the upper horizontal surfaces of the magazines I provide acommon guide chute, consisting of several parts, in such a manner that the one part which directly communicates with the magazines can be movedparallel withthe surface of the lower exits of the magazines while the other part or parts can be adjusted corresponding to this movement.

In the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated my invention, like letters of reference correspond to like parts throughout the different views.

In said drawings, Figure 1 .illustrates a side view of the releasing device; Fig. Z'illustrates a plan view of the hand-lever with its adjusting mechanism drawn on an enlarged scale.I

2a are the successively arranged matrix releasing rods, which are connected `to the lower magazine 3a. 2b are `the also successively arranged matrix releasing rods, which by help of the rods 4 release the matrices placed in the upper magazine 3b. The releasing rods 2a are suspended with their upper ends on the releasing levers 5, provided on the magazines 3 and regulate the discharge of the matrices of the lower magazine. 1 The lower ends of the rods 2a and 21? are guided in slots of a switch plate 7, which can easily be switched by means l of a hand lever 8 provided on one side of the keyboard. This hand lever 8 is fixed on a shaft 9 carrying means of screws 11.

In order to fix the hand lever in one position or the' other I have provided the same with a bolt 13, which by means of a spring 12 ordinarily causes the bolt tov nected by rods 17 to two double-armed levers 18 mountl ed on a shaft 19. The free ends of the said levers 18 are connected by two rods 20 with the pins 21 of a slide piece 22, which is guided by means of the pins 21 and 23 in slots 32 of two side plates 24 which are fastened on both sides of the magazines to the frame of the ma'chine. The slide piece 22 is connected to the guide chute conveying the matrices to the assembler which chute can alternately communicate by the slide piece 22 with the upper or with the lower magazine. For this purpose the guide chute is composed of two parts 25 and 26, the lower one of which 25 is pivotally connected at 28 to the frame of the machine and provided on its sides with guide plates 27, and connected to the upper part 26 by means of springs 30. The upper part 26 is fixed to the slide piece 22 and provided with the side guide plates 29.

If the position of the guide chute is changed from the upper magazine to the lower one or reversely, the guide plates 27 and 29 telescope with each other on account of the free connection of the parts 25 and 26 and for the reason that the lower ends of the guide plates 29 reach inside the upper ends ofthe guide plates 27.

The operation of my improved releasing device is as follows If o ne of the key knobs 31 of the key board is operated, the rod 33 is raised in the well known manner and presses against the vlower end ofthe rod 2b and raises the same (see Fig. l) so releasing the corresponding matrix, which drops out of the magazine 3" and sliding through the guide chute, falls into the assembler. If the guide chute is to be switched from the upper magazine 3b to the lower one 3*L the handle l5 is pulled so as to draw the bolt 13 out of engagement with the upper indentation of the tooth segment 14. At the same time the hand lever 8 is pressed down until the bolt 13 can engage the lower indentation 34 of the tooth segment v 14. This operation causes the rods 20' to correspond with the rods 33 and the guide chute with the lower magazine. If the keys of the key board are now operated the matrices of the magazine 3 will drop into the assembler. If the guide chute-shall again communicate with the upper magazine the operation is reversed, that means, the handle l5 is again pulled until the bolt 13 is out of engagement with the lower indentation 34, and the hand lever 8 is lifted until the bolt 13 can engage the upper indentation of the tooth segment 14.

This will cause the rods 2b to again correspond with the rods 33 and the guide chute with the upper magazine. It will hereafter be clearly understood that the operation of the hand levers l5 and 8 will move the rods 2 and 2b in proper relation with the rods 33, said rods being not movable.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by a United States Letters Patent isi-1 d 1. In a releasing device for the matrices in composing machines with two or more magazines one above the other the combination of a common movable guide chute, a slide piece (22) firmly connected to the upper part of said chute, two side plates (24) placed on both sides of the magazines, slots (32) in said side plates, projections (21, 23) to guide said slide piece in said slots, and a plu rality of levers connecting said slide piece with a hand lever (l5) substantially as set forth.

2. Ina releasing device for the matrices in composing machines with two or more magazines one above the other the common movable guide chute comprising a slide piece (22) and two parts (25, 26) the lower part of which (25) is pivotally mounted with its lower end on the frame of the machine while the other free end is loosely connected with the upper part (26) which is fastened to the said slide piece and communicating with its upper end with the exit of one of the magazines, springs (30) fixed to the bottom of the upper part (26) and securing the free but steady connection of the parts 25 and 26, two side plates (24) placed on both sides of the magazines, slots (32) in said side plates, pins (21, 23) to guide said slide piece in said slots, and a plurality of levers connecting said slide piece to a hand lever (15) substantially as set forth.

3. In a releasing device for the matrices in composing machines with two or more magazines one above the other, the combination of the common guide chute comprising a slide piece (22), Vtwo Iparts .(25,126) the lower part of which (25) is pivotally mounted withits lower end to the frame of the machine, while the other free end is loosely connected with the upper part (26) which is fastened to the said slide piece and communicating with its upper end with the exit of one'of the magazines, springs (30) fixed to the bottom of the upper part (26) and securingthe free connection betweenv the two parts 25 and 26, means to move the slide piece vertically in regard to the horizontal surface' of the magazines, and means to allow the lower part (25) to self-actingiy adjust itself during the movement of the upper part (26) substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 18th day of May'1906, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

